Glass bottle.



No. 67|,649. Patented Apr. 9, |90I.

' n. .l. KIHKLAND.

GLASS BUTTLE.

(Application filed July 12, 1900.) (Na Modal.)

mi Nonms Pcrsns co. PuofoLmu, Af/summon o c Nrrnpn STATES REYNOLD J. KIRKLAND, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

G LASS BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,649, dated April 9, 19041.

Application filed July 12, 1900.

To all, whom t may concern,.-

Be it known thatI, REYNOLD J. KIRKLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids,in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Glass Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bottles constructed of glass and other analogous materials; and the invention consistsin so'constructing the neck of the bottle and combining with itthe stopper or cork that when the stopper is once removed it can never be replaced, and the bottle cannot be used in its original form.

The objects of my invention-are to produce a bottle which will become mutilated in opening it in order to obtain its contents, and also to produce a bottle which after the removal of the glass stopper in the upper part of the neck of the bottle will still retain enough of the neck to retain the cork, if desired. These objectsI accomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows a longitudinal sectional view of a bottle constructed. in accordance with my invention with the cork and stopper in place. Fig. 2 shows a similar view of the stopper and upper part of the neck of the bottle removed.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through ont both views.

A represents the body of the bottle.

B B represent the neck of the bottle.

C represents a groove between the sections B and B in the neck of the bottle. This groove C marks the point of separation of the part B from the part B. In order to facilitate the separation, a diamond or glass-cutter may be used in deepening the grooves. The reference-letter D denotes the cone-shaped head of a glass stopper, provided with an annular flange D2, adapted to seat upon the top of the neck of the bottle.A The inner face of the neck, at the top thereof, is beveled, as at D', and is adapted to be engaged by the periphery of the cone-shaped head of the glass stopper, as shown. This permits of obtaining an airtight sealing means. Extending downwardly from the head D and formed integral therewith is the body portion D3 of the stopper,

which terminates into a bottom portion D4,

Serial No. 23,372. (No model.)

rectangular in cross-section and provided with corrugated sides D5, in order for the cement E to securely retain the stopper within the neck, as shown. The portion of the bottle around the cement is preferably grooved, as shown by G, in order to prevent the same from being drawn out of the bottle-neck.

H is a cork, being wholly or in part within the lower part of the neck B. I prefer to have this cork extend up into the neck, as shown in the drawings. In the drawings I have shown a wire F, which is adapted to engage with the cork Hand to be embedded in the cement E, for the purpose hereinafter described.' This wire, however, may be ,omitted and is only desirable when the bottle is filled with certain substances.

The operation of my invention is as follows The bottle and bottleneck, constructed substantially as described,are fitted with the cork H after having been filled by the manufacturer of the contents of the bottle. The cement in a plastic state is then placed in the neck of the bottle above the cork. The stopper D is then pressed down into the neck of the bottle until its upper surface makes an air-tight joint. The cement G will harden, filling the grooves in the part B'of the neck, and engages with the lower end of the stopper D, so that the said stopper cannot be removed. In order to open the bottle,it is necessary to separate the part Bl of the neck from the part B, the separation being eected` at the groove C. Originally mybottle will be so constructed that this separation can be made without the use of a diamond or other cutting-tools; but in case the groove is not deep enough a cuttingtool may be used. Having separated the part B from the part B, it is removed, leaving the cork H in the part B ofthe neck. This cork can be removed with a corkscrew or any suitable means. Should it be found desirable to remove the cork H at the same time the part B of the bottle-neck is removed, the wire F may be used, which engages with the stopper II and the cement E, as above described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a bottle, the combination with the neck portion divided in'to two sections by a periph- IOO cross-section and arranged parallel with the corrugated portion of the inner face of the neck and a bodyportion connecting the head and bottom together, and means for securing said stopper within said section to prevent the removal thereof and in which said Wire is embedded, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witmesses.

REYNOLD J. KIRKLAND.

Witnesses EUGENE BoIsE, EDWARD TAGGART. 

